Andy Dick Avoids Sex Charge

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors say they won't charge Andy Dick with sexual battery stemming from his arrest last month.

The "NewsRadio" actor with a reputation for crude public behavior is still scheduled to face a judge later this week on misdemeanor drug possession and battery charges. But he escaped felony charges after prosecutors reviewed video of the incident, Riverside County District Attorney spokesman Ryan Hightower said.

A teenage girl accused the 42-year-old actor of pulling down her top at a restaurant in Murrieta, a city about 80 miles east of Los Angeles in mid-July. Dick was arrested by officers responding to reports of an intoxicated male.

Dick is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

Comments

[Forester]

03:16 PM on 08/27/2008

Ask Andy about Phil Hartman

[aFlyoverPerson]

02:16 PM on 08/27/2008

Have Mercy, Huffpo. Get this creep off the homepage. Really, we're trying to eat here.

[aznurse]

12:43 AM on 08/28/2008

Yeah! Its been up about a week.. NO ONE CARES. I only came here to try to get the photo off!

[ElPerro]

12:58 PM on 08/27/2008

Oh, I thought Andy avoided getting charged money for sex. It's always nice to get a freebie every so often. I wonder if his escort service has a punch card system that gives him a fee date after every 10 paid ones.

[thereigoagain]

02:18 PM on 08/26/2008

they had to let him go. He's speaking tomorrow night at the Dem Convention­.

[AgentMacGyver]

07:48 PM on 08/26/2008

Meanwhile it's Christmas in August for gay hustlers and procurers of little boys in Minneapoli­s.

[thereigoagain]

04:41 PM on 08/27/2008

thanks for the eyewitness report. be careful and be safe. remember to use a fake name and avoid Dateline.

[InstantDogma]

01:06 PM on 08/26/2008

An we care because???
Er folks, have you ever considered getting real lives?
Just trying to help.
Steve

[ShawnWolfe]

12:07 PM on 08/26/2008

I thought that headline read: "Andy Dick Avoids Sex Change"

[GerryS]

11:52 AM on 08/26/2008

perv!

[littlepuffycloud]

10:46 AM on 08/26/2008

Why was he not charged after pulling down a teenager's top?!?!

[spiderbucket]

09:58 AM on 08/26/2008

The wealthy can do whatever they want without any recourse.

[HDR]

10:06 AM on 08/26/2008

"Wealthy?!­" A city bus driver's got more than Mr. Dick.

[ignorantwillyharper]

09:53 AM on 08/26/2008

When he was born, his folks should have tossed a coin to see which one would slam his a** up aganist a tree.

[SKonnery]

09:30 AM on 08/26/2008

First on the list for him should be to get sober.

[JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin]

12:06 AM on 08/26/2008

He'll probably get a reality show deal out of this.

[ssaz]

08:41 PM on 08/25/2008

Andy Dick is such a creep. What he needs is a few nights (or years) in jail to balance out his perverted behaviour. The woman involved would be well within her rights to sue the crap out of this idiot.

[PatA]

08:29 PM on 08/25/2008

What a ****!

[andvoodoo2]

07:20 PM on 08/25/2008

I hope the teen sues dick for everything he's got.